Sunday, October 7, 2012

Smashwords.com & Why You Should Care...

Smashwords.com is a website that requires you to meet (or exceed) a certain standard of formatting - which they will show you, step by step - and if you follow their rules and apply it to your book - they will submit your book to Itunes, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Amazon and so many other places for FREE.

On top of that, they will give you all kinds of neat things that can only help you grow as an author. One of the things I like is the ability to make coupons! These coupons expire - which gives the holder a sense of urgency (Use it or lose it!) These coupons can be for cents off, dollars off, or for 100% off!

They can be given away in exchange for book reviews so the person can go to Amazon.com ~ type in the coupon and download the book FREE and then blog about it - thus increasing your exposure and helping the search engines find you. The possibilities are endless!

I wish I joined Smashwords a lot sooner than later, which is why I'm blogging about it now. If you're just starting out or if you're looking to get better exposure (who isn't?) then sign up today - it's free! :-)